[Pkg-javascript-devel] packaging node applications in Debian

[Florian Brandes]

Hello,

>You're supposed to use "forever" original tarball, not a pack made by
>npm.
> Do not try to do things like "npm install" in debian/rules or
>debian/postinst:
> npm is a nodejs development tool, not a debian packaging tool.
> Also consider packaging "daemon" before, since it depends on it.

Forever depends on 12 other packages. I really wouldn't want to pack 12
other packages (and possibly there dependencies as well). I read about
the npm bundle command. Could I use that to "bundle" all what is
required by forever and pack that?

>If you need help doing that, you can find examples and inspiration in
>already
> existing libnode-* /debian/ packages.

I'll look into them, thanks!

Thanks for the help!

Florian


Am Montag, den 03.10.2011, 22:08 +0200 schrieb Jérémy Lal:
> On 03/10/2011 21:09, Florian Brandes wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > my name is Florian Brandes and I am trying to debianize a node package
> > for Ubuntu. (See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/861219 )
> > The program I try to pack is called forever and is a simple script, but
> > issuing a "sudo npm install forever -g" it does compile the node module
> > "daemon" (also, see: http://paste.ubuntuusers.de/403177/ ) ("daemon" is
> > a dependency of forever)
> > 
> > I downloaded the source code (in a folder called forever-0.6.7) , did a
> > "npm pack" and "sudo npm install forever-0.6.7.tgz -g" within and it
> > works and installs without problem, when connected to the Internet. When
> > connection to the Internet is disabled, it cannot compile and dies with
> > a "npm ERR! error installing forever at 0.6.7 Error: ECONNREFUSED, Could
> > not contact DNS servers"
> > 
> > How can I build the package without an Internet connection? I ask,
> > because the build system in Ubuntu builds in a separate, virtual,
> > no-network-environment and fails.
> 
> You're supposed to use "forever" original tarball, not a pack made by npm.
> Do not try to do things like "npm install" in debian/rules or debian/postinst:
> npm is a nodejs development tool, not a debian packaging tool.
> Also consider packaging "daemon" before, since it depends on it.
> If you need help doing that, you can find examples and inspiration in already
> existing libnode-* /debian/ packages.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Jérémy Lal